today in black history

July 03, 2025

Educator Dr. Ruth Simmons, the first Black president of Brown University, was born on this date in 1945 in Grapeland, Texas.

VIDEO: Back & Forth with Carl Sharif

POSTED: May 01, 2009, 3:35 pm

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Ed Dangridge hosts this conversation with political strategist and Booker advisor, Carl Sharif

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